Toothache as a devil to be exorcised: ten vignettes. Ink drawing, 18--.
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1899]
- Reference:
- 643344i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The victim is a woman. The tooth has a devil in its root. She takes various bottles of medication. At the dentist's, she sits on a couch while he draws out her tooth. The extracted tooth appears as a devil's head in the dental pincers
Publication/Creation
[between 1800 and 1899]
Physical description
1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 21 x 16.7 cm
Lettering
Toothache. Ye victim. Ye demon. You cannot sit or lie or stand. On that side only twice the size. In hot water you fume and fret. That noisome bowl, that awsome chair. Oh direful scrunch--exorcised.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 643344i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores